The season finale of Amazon Prime Video’s hit show The Boys has been met with almost universal praise from fans. The eighth and final episode of the fourth season, which has been named one of the best TV shows of 2024 by NME, aired on July 17.
The series, based on the comic books by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson and developed for the screen by Eric Kripke, follows a group of vigilantes as they fight against superpowered individuals who abuse their powers.
Throughout the season, fans have been vocal about their opinions on each episode, with some describing the sixth episode’s twists and disturbing scenes as “diabolical” and the seventh as “uncomfortable” and “gruesome”. However, fans have been overwhelmingly positive about the final episode, with many taking to Twitter to praise it as the best episode of the series.
It was confirmed by Kripke last month that the show’s fifth season, which had already been commissioned, will be its final season. Kripke wrote on Twitter that he was thrilled to bring the story to a “gory, epic, moist climax” and expects season five to consist of eight episodes, with filming taking place from November 2024 to mid-2025. The release date for season five has not been confirmed, but it is likely to air in summer 2026.
In a four-star review, NME wrote that the season sometimes feels like the set-up for an eventual endgame scenario, with the return of familiar faces and characters confronting their pasts. The review notes that spin-off show Gen V recently introduced a potentially supe-killing biological weapon, but that the plot does not slow down the pace in what is another urgent edition of TV’s best superhero show
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